Music
Trent Reznor, NiggyTardust, & the ISP Music Tax
Trent Reznor (of Nine Inch Nails) has released the stats from the NiggyTardust experiment. For this experiment, 3 versions of the the Niggy Tardust album were released in a digital format. One in 192kbps, one in 320kbps, and finally a FLAC (loseless) version. For limited time you were able to download the 192kbps for free and you could pay $5 and get any one of the 3 versions of your choice. A great test to see what kind of money could be made from such distribution.
Sony Comes Through, Will Sell DRM-Free Tracks on Amazon
Earlier this week, I wrote an article entitled Sony Misses the Point, that discussed how Sony/BMG deciding to sell iTunes-like cards in brick and mortar stores that allowed consumers to download DRM-Free tracks was a horrible idea and went completely against the idea of digital downloads. Well it seems Sony/BMG was listening (or it was part of their plan all along and they didn’t announce it) and they will be selling their DRM-Free tracks via Amazon’s Mp3 Download store. This news comes courtesy of iLounge.
Sony Misses the Point
So, last week Sony/BMG announced that they were going DRM-Free for their music and the world cheered. Now, today, (as reported by TechCrunch) they are announcing the actual DRM-Free strategy (USA Today article). That strategy? Cards purchased from a brick and mortar store to be used online to download an album. Basically they are going [...]
The Final Nail in DRM’s Coffin
Today via a Business Week article, Sony announced plans to drop DRM and begin selling DRM-Free, Mp3 tracks in Amazon.com’s Mp3 Download store. This is the signal in the true death of DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Sony/BMG records was the final hold out for DRM-Free music after Warner announced in late December that they would be [...]
RockBox on My Sansa
This past weekend, I took the plunge and installed RockBox onto my Sansa e280 (8GB). After fighting with my Vista PC and the RockBoxUtil (used for simple button click install), I finally switch over to my company provided Dell laptop with Windows XP still installed on it and was able to use the RockBoxUtil program [...]
Jermaine Dupri is an Idiot
Somehow in my reading the Huffington Post, I missed a post by Jermain Dupri on the concept of albums, singles, and iTunes. After reading this article, I have come to conclusion that Jermaine Dupri is an idiot and should be stripped of any position he might hold in the entertainment business. Lets look [...]
